‘Doomsday Clock’ Variant Cover Features A Nostalgic Joker

DC’s Doomsday Clock will do the unthinkable by crossing Watchmen over into the DC Universe in a twelve-issue event series, but sometimes it’s for the best that a crossover like this gets a moment to breathe. Case in point, a variant cover for the fifth issue in the series has none other than the Joker trying on a bit of Nostalgia cologne.

Artist Gary Frank released an image of line art for a future cover of an issue of the event series, featuring Joker utilizing a bit of Nostalgia makeup to add a little something to his permanently-bleached skin:

The Nostalgia product line was one of the many motifs touched upon in the original Watchmen story arc, naturally symbolizing the feelings that the ensemble experienced regarding their better days in the face of an incredibly uncertain future, as the threat of nuclear war hangs overhead. The cosmetics line itself is manufactured by Adian Veidt, who is known as the superhero Ozymandias, and is one of the central figures in the story of Doomsday Clock as the world starts to head back down the path of mutually-assured destruction. With this in mind, one only wonders just what it is that would give someone like the Joker happy memories…

5 Potential Marvel TV Shows To Rival HBO’s ‘Watchmen’

With news breaking that Damon Lindelof, the co-creator of both Lost and The Leftovers, is in talks to develop a Watchmen show for HBO, Marvel needs a new TV hit. Don’t get me wrong, I know Agents of Shield still has a huge following, but I stopped watching the Netflix shows during the second season of Daredevil. And FX’s Legion was just… okay for me. It’s not that I don’t love Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, but it’s not fair to put lower-tier characters like them in competition with a juggernaut like Watchmen.

HBO was clearly taking notes when Netflix started releasing their shows, so this seems like a great moment for Marvel to take some notes on their competition. If DC is going to churn out a Watchmen series, then Marvel needs to dig deep into their libraries to find stories worthy of being brought to the silver screen.

So hit Next to find out about five properties Marvel should consider adapting if they want to match HBO’s Watchmen.